pharisee
/far-uh-see/US // ˈfær əˌsi //UK // (ˈfærɪˌsiː) //
法利赛人,法利赛,哈里森,骗子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- : a sanctimonious, self-righteous, or hypocritical person.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as intartuffe
Examples
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
I never see such a flow of language as that bit where he called old Gommy a superannuated Pharisee.
Thus it came to pass that many of these had entered the kingdom, while the self-complacent Pharisee still remained without.
Or was he only a subconscious Pharisee, self-deceived and complacent?
Evidence of the popular dislike of the conservative Pharisee abounds.
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